[Bell Historians] Dove's Guide of 1800 (was Peals on Six Bells)

[RJ Johnston, Geographical Sciences]

What a great idea

--On 02 November 2011 11:09 +0000 Chris Pickford 
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> I've toyed with this idea over the years, but have come to the
> conclusion that the "snapshot date" basis for such a listing wouldn't be
> that useful. You would need too many snapshots - probably at ten yearly
> intervals (roughly like "Dove") - for it to be positively useful rather
> than merely interesting.
>
> What would be helpful would be to have an online database showing key
> stages in the development of each ring, i.e. changes in number of bells
> and tenor weights over time. Ideally, the database would be structured
> to enable one to identify what rings existed in any given year (and
> refined down to localities and rings of 12, 10, 8, 6, 5 etc).
>
> A fictional example could show Camford, Winterset, first getting a five,
> tenor 8 cwt in 1753, augmented to six in 1810, tenor recast to 8-3-1 in
> 1812, all recast and augmented to eight 12-2-22 in 1921 - and with this
> data in the system the database would show the ring as it existed in ANY
> year from 1753 to the present day.
>
> That way one could quickly establish (e.g.) what rings of eight existed
> in 1780, 1823, 1897 in a given county or region. It would also pick up
> tenor weights at a given date, e.g. 18 cwt from 1720 to 1815, then
> 18-2-21 after recasting
>
> Let's design a database structure first - and then start collecting the
> information to populate it. I can certainly contribute pretty
> comprehensive data (including extact weights of bells long gone) for
> many of the Midlands counties when we have a vehicle to make good use of
> it
>
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